#18 Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Evaluation Study (THESEUS) (poster presentation)

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a common, painful skin disease characterised by recurrent boils, which affects young people ’s quality of life, relationships and economic productivity, and poses significant health service costs. Treatments range from topical agents, through to major surgery to remove the apocrine sweat glands of axillae and groins, with poorly defined roles for different treatments, and probably undesi rable variation in practice. Additionally, a simpler procedure to deroof disease areas, developed in continental Europe, may have advantages over these but appears to not be used in the UK.

Source: International Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: J. Ingram, K. Thomas, T. Burton, J. Rodrigues, R. Howes, K. Hood, E. Thomas-Jones, R. Cannings-John, F. Collier, P. Tappenden, P. Leighton Source Type: research